Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Norwegian firm Gen2 Energy AS to create a commercial pathway to import green hydrogen from Norway into the UK energy market.
The partnership will provide a security of supply for the Cromarty Firth’s plans for a largescale electrolyser facility, and will guarantee green hydrogen to those who want access to the clean energy by mid-2023.
It will also help realise the Scottish Government’s ambition to become a hydrogen nation that generates 5GW of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen by 2030.
The Firth will now become the UK transhipment hub for Gen2 Energy’s hydrogen, produced from Norway’s surplus renewable energy, which will be shipped across the North Sea to the Port. Hydrogen would then be distributed to customers across the UK by road, rail and sea.
Port of Cromarty Firth chief executive Bob Buskie said:
We are on the cusp of another renewable energy revolution, with demand for clean energy rising every year. This MoU can put the Highlands on the map as one of the largest suppliers of clean hydrogen energy in Europe, alongside our established leadership in the onshore and offshore wind markets
In addition through this partnership, the port has the potential to not only distribute green hydrogen but develop its own substantial production infrastructure.
